Michael Fritz

Deputy Director Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Section Chief for Molecular Genetics and Forensic Behavioral Sciences Ulm University

[Matt Burke @MattBurkeMD]

Massive study published yesterday in @NatureHumBehav for anyone in the neuropsychiatry/mind-brain-behavior spaces

Direct in vivo evidence for how attention can modulate the immune system in ways that seem almost unbelievable

https://t.co/PKuVQXp7rg

[Sheila Macrine, Ph.D. @MacrinePhD]

40% of fMRI signals might be telling the wrong story. A major study reveals that standard fMRI relies on a broken assumption: in key regions like the default mode network (DMN), the canonical BOLD signal moves in the exact opposite direction of metabolic activity. Have decades of brain maps been misreading neural activity? 🧠⚡️ https://t.co/KRz2aKCEec
#fMRI #Neuroscience #BrainMapping #Metabolism #CognitiveScience #ScienceCrisis #CognitiveScience #Neurology #ResearchImpact #Medicine #NeuralActivity.

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

Holy Soma Batman!

You never know what you may find when you cruise our MICrONS Explorer, such as a blood vessel piercing the soma of a neuron!

👀 See this incredible find up close using this shortcut: https://t.co/QkoavsnhtS

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Memories can survive even after the brain temporarily loses more than half of its synaptic connections, according to a new mouse study in Science, which challenges the long-held view that long-term memories depend on stable individual synapses.

Learn more: https://t.co/6PbiaMd1F8

[Michael Fritz @MichaF81]

Our group officially published the second meta-analysis: Associations Between Cholesterol and Aggression: Meta-Analyses of Case–Control and Single-Group Studies Considering Population and Sex Variables https://t.co/zRlXncKGdO #mdpipsychiatryint via @Psychiatry_MDPI nice work 🎊🎉

[Michael Fritz @MichaF81]

Global Minds in Forensic Psychiatry wrapped up successfully!

140+ participants from 10+ countries 🌍

Keynotes: Irina Franke, Björn Hofvander, Gary Chaimowitz, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Unn Kristin Haukvik, @seenafazel

Thanks to all!

#ForensicPsychiatry #MentalHealth

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

The brain as it's never been seen before.

Last year, scientists created the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammal brain to date.

#BrainAwarenessWeek @dana_fdn

[Dingchang Lin @DingchangLin]

🚨 Today in @Nature, we report GEMINI—a genetically encoded intracellular memory device that writes cellular dynamics into tree-ring-like fluorescent patterns within cytoplasmic protein assemblies.[1/n]
https://t.co/eVchPCiK6f

[Hesheng Liu @hesheng3]

It’s time to rethink Parkinson’s disease. Our work reframes PD as a disorder of the somato-cognitive action network (SCAN), and shows that normalization of SCAN connectivity represents a shared mechanism across diverse effective therapies.
https://t.co/OuqOQcOcYq
@ndosenbach @DavidRen555 @iamzhangvv @bttyeo @foxmdphd

[Christie Wilcox @NerdyChristie]

They're alive!!!! ALLIIIIIIVVVEEEEEE! Newly described "zombosomes" lack a cellular 'brain' (nucleus) yet still generate energy and move about. Read about them and more of the best in @ScienceMagazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: https://t.co/A9P9lVrdOL

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

Microglia feet are highly dynamic and can be in contact with dense networks of axons.

In this video by our #ElectronMicroscopy team using MICrONS data, a microglia (purple) contacts with an excitatory pyramidal neuron (gold). Slowly the axons under the feet are revealed.

[Michael Fritz @MichaF81]

New paper out...
Routine Hair Testing Unmasks Hidden Synthetic Cannabinoid Use in Forensic Psychiatric Patients: A 10-Year Comparative Study in Two Bavarian Clinics https://t.co/ciwM3wjVir #mdpibrainsci via @BrainSci_MDPI

[Michael Fritz @MichaF81]

Finally after four years of establishing human genetic research in our clinic the first article is published 🍾🥂🥳 https://t.co/MWEhcN2ZmI

[Michael Fritz @MichaF81]

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of nutraceuticals for depressive disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core - https://t.co/k00v9Vv7FQ

[Michael Fritz @MichaF81]

First published article in our current special issue:
“Hangry” in Forensic Psychiatry? Analysis of the Relationship Between Eating Disorders and Aggressive Behavior in Patients with Substance Use Disorders https://t.co/t0HhYw6r2t #mdpibrainsci via @BrainSci_MDPI

[Michael Fritz @MichaF81]

Neuroinflammation across neurological diseases | Science https://t.co/8UIzBcu2RA

[JAMA Psychiatry @JAMAPsych]

Individuals with cannabis use disorder showed elevated midbrain dopamine function, potentially linking cannabis use to an increased risk of psychosis. https://t.co/R47RMwVk97

[JAMA Psychiatry @JAMAPsych]

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is generally effective for treating major depression, anxiety disorders, PTSD, OCD, and eating disorders. https://t.co/YFOFAGw7Tv

[HHMI | Janelia @HHMIJanelia]

🧠 Janelia researchers have mapped out the step-by-step process of cognitive map formation in the brain’s hippocampus during learning and identified the type of mathematical model that best reproduces this learning process ➡️ https://t.co/qQ1smY6K4M

[HHMI | Janelia @HHMIJanelia]

🧬A new imaging technique developed by the Liu Lab uses a novel DNA barcode system to track hundreds of RNA & protein molecules in single cells within thick biological samples, providing a full picture of how these structures are organized inside tissues. https://t.co/GAS8BalQMI